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Mapping cyber-enabled crime: understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking
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O'Shea, B and Asquith, N and Prichard, J, Mapping cyber-enabled crime: understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, (4) pp. 1-15. ISSN 2202-8005 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Stalking is one of the main types of abusive behaviour facilitated by technology. The purpose of the current study was twofold: to identify the challenges of cyberstalking investigations and prosecutions in Australia and determine how best to investigate these types of offences. A qualitative analysis of four years of interviews, focus groups and participant observations with police departments provides an overview of the cyberstalking investigative process. The findings map out the process from the initial report of the incident to the preparation of the prosecution brief. This analysis positions cyberstalking investigations as an interesting case study in the midst of increased scrutiny about the way that police investigate technology-facilitated abuse.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | policing, cyberstalking, crime mapping, criminal investigation, criminal prosecution |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Criminology |
Research Field: | Police administration, procedures and practice |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Law enforcement |
UTAS Author: | Asquith, N (Professor Nicole Asquith) |
UTAS Author: | Prichard, J (Professor Jeremy Prichard) |
ID Code: | 149410 |
Year Published: | 2022 |
Deposited By: | Policing and Emergency Management |
Deposited On: | 2022-03-29 |
Last Modified: | 2022-04-13 |
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